Pharmaceutical companies have profited from medicines derived from spiders. Now a group called Venom Venture is making sure some of that money goes toward conserving the spiders themselves.
Armed poachers from Sudan have been raiding and destroying neighboring Central African Republic's wildlife resources for years. Now, with the help of a militant U.S. conservationist, the CAR populace is arming and training itself to fight back.
Locusts are commonly associated with plagues, food shortages, and death. But they are also inspiring what may be the next wave in lifesaving collision-avoidance systems.
With an influx of chimps previously used as laboratory animals, Florida's Center for Captive Chimpanzee Care is transforming into the largest chimp sanctuary in the world—almost overnight.
After scouring the mid-Atlantic depths for two months, scientists returned to Norway with 80,000 specimens—including squid and fish that may be new species.
Since its discovery, debate has raged over whether Archaeopteryx could fly. Now a report says the winged, feathered creature had a brain built for flight.
As long as the Mississippi, North America's Yukon River has been polluted by mining and military bases, environmentalists say. Now a coalition of Native Americans has mobilized to restore the waterway.
